Wringer mop



March 16 g 1926.

F. CRAIB- `WLRINGER MOP Filed sept. 2e, 1925 Patented Mar. 16,Y 1926.

UNITED STATES FREDERICK cRAIBQonMARTINEZ, CALIFORNIA. '1

f W'RVINGER Mor;

' Application filed .September To all whom t may Ac ofnscerm p Beitknown that LFBEDERICK Cnam, a

'citizenof the United vStates, residing in .the

city of plllartinez: andI county of Contra Costa'and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in .pa WringerMop, .of Vwhichl the following is 'La specification.

My invention relates to improvements in wrmger-mops wherein a pair ofrollers, one of rwhich 1s detachably` mounted, :are 'rof. tatablymounted rupon one end of Asuitable handle and operate to wringavmopcloth mounted therebetweenvfor the purpose of wringing the waterfromv said mopcloth.

The primary object ofthe present'inveni.; tion is to provide #a newandi.- im )roved wringer-mop' having improvedV .and simplified meansincorporated therewith for wringing the water or other` vfluid from themop cloth. n v Y Y y Another object is to provide a new and improvedwringer-mop of the character described which may be used in the moppingprocess on either side or end of the mopcloth thereof; ,f Y s i Afurther object is to provide improved and simplified' means `attacheddirectlyto a. mop for detachably retaining and `wringing themopclothithereofand of rendering said mop cloth instantly available foriinmediate use directlyl after it has passed inL either directionthrough saidywringer.

A further object is to provide a new Vand improvedwringer-mop of thecharacter de-V scribed having a mop cloth which may be of any length and-whose ends are provided with means for preventing said ends frompassing through the wringer rollers during the wringing process.

I accomplish these and other objects by means of the preferred form ofconstruction disclosed in the drawings forming a part of the presentspecification wherein like characters of reference are used to`designate similar parts throughout the said specification and drawings,and in which- Fig. 1 is a broken front elevation disclosing my improvedconstruction for a wringer-mop Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1;

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are enlargedY broken detailed views of the means fordetachably retaining one of the rollers of the mop.

Referring to therk drawings the numeral 1 is used to designate aSuitable handle 26, 1925i. f seriainofsase.

having a suitable frame 2. secured to one end thereof, said frame 2terminating in a pair ofV parallel arms or'extensions o each.

provided witha bearing aperture 4 and a longitudinally disposed openended slot 6 iny the outer end thereof. 4

vRotatably mounted within the Lbearing apertures 41 of eachfarm Sis amain roller "T, and slidably, Vdetachably and rotatably mountedwithinthe slots-*Gis la second roller S.A In order'to detachably andnormallyretain the roller Suinengaging relation with Vthe roller 7,1have provided slidable latches 9, slidably mounted upon the outeryside'of the arms 3 of the frame 2 and having laterally and inwardlyextending extensions 10 apertured to slidably lengage headed'fpins 11rigidly. mounted in the frame 2. Suitablepsprings 12 are interposedbetween the Ysaidrframe 2 and the lateral extensions 10,

the purpose of. which awill hereinafter be more fully set forth.

5` s The end opposite the lateral extension of each latch 9 isprovidedwith a circular aperture 14, arranged topermit the passage f of.an enlarged head 16 on the shaft or axle 17 of theroller A8, having areduced extension or slot 18' arranged to rotatably engage said shaft oraxle 17 and to prevent the passage'V of said enlarged head .16- thereof,whereby said enlarged head may serve as a retainer to detachably retainthe lower ends of the latches 9 adjacent the arms 3 of the frame 2, thelower ends of the extensions or slots 18 are pulled upwardly by thetension of the springs 12 to cause the lower ends of the extensions ofslots 1S to engage the axle or shaft 1'? of the roller 8 and engagingrelation with the roller 7, in order t0 permit a sliding movement of thesaid latches 9 slots 19 are provided which engage the shaft 21 of theroller 7 and also with a similar slot 22 through which passes one end ofa crank 23rotatably-mounted within the frame`2 and arranged at such anangle with the roller 7,*as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, as toprevent interference of said crank 23 with the full use of the mopduring and stitched "thereon to provide a double thickness of said clothimmediately adjacent the ends thereo't to prevent passage of said endsthrough the rollers T and S.

ln operation the mop cloth 28 is dipped within a bucket o'l" cleansingliquid, `not shown, and is wrung by rotating the crank L3 which in turnrotatesthe rollers T and 8 throllgh the pinion QG and `rear 27.

The compression et the springs l2 operate to normallyand resilientlyretain the roller 8 in engagingrelation with the rollerand inasmuchiasthe mop cloth is mounted between the said rollers it is obvious thatrotation of the rollers T and 8 Willpassthe mop eloth 2S `between saidrollers and squeeze or .wring the liquid or fluid therefrom. As therollers Tand S1 are rotated as above described the `mop cloth passedunder `pressurebetween said rollers nntilthe double thieknessimmediately adjacent the ends of saidniop cloth approaches the spacebetween said rollers. lily reason ot' "this double thickness of' the mopcloth the ends ot the same are prevented Lfrom passing between theVrollers Tand H. The mop is now available for use in mopping the tlooror other surface. ben the next sueeessive wringingr operation isrequired, the direck tion ot rotation ot' `the c ank 23 4is reversed andthe mop cloth QS is wrang `wlrilelbeing passed between or `through*the`rllers in the opposite direction and until the opposite end of said mopcloth '28 with its double thickness approaches the rollers T and 8, whenthe mop .is again available for immediate use Without any other oradditional opera tion. y

It is obvious `trom the lforegoing that `the mop may be easily andreadily wrung Withand is also immediately available t'or use afterhaving been Wrung through the rollers in either direction and may bewrang `by passing:` said mop cloth in either direction.

Having thus described my invention what 1 claim asinew and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent is A wringeranop comprising a handle; aframemounted upon one end oi" saidlhandle; a roller rotatably mountedwithin said iframe; a rear mounted upon one end ol said roller; a crankrotatabl. \Y mounted within said trarne and at an angle to said rollerto prevent interference of said crank with a moppinhr process ot saidmop; a pinion mounted upon one end ol said `erank and engagingr the gear.upon the `roller whereby said roller may be rotated when said crank Iisrotated; a second. roller rotatably, detachably and slidably mountedWithin said frame andadjaen-nt and Aparallel to the tiret mentionedroller; `latches slidably mounted upon the sides ot the frame anddetachably engaging the ends ot the second mentioned roller; `resilient`means for moving: the slid able latches to normally `retain `the secondmentioned roller in `engagingy relation with the lirst mentioned roller;and a mop cloth dctaehably mounted between `the rollersand having;r `theends 0T said mop eloth turned back and seeured `tothe bodylofsaid clothto provide `a double thickness at said ends `to prevent passage ot saidends :through said rollers.

ln witness '\\\'hereolE `I `have hereunto set my signature.

FREDERICK ICHAIR.

